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Poland in 1943

Historical records for Poland in 1943, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

9Records
7Events
4Named people
2Places
4Categories

Historical records

April

April 1943MassacreWladyslaw Sikorski

Katyn · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Evidence by the Nazis emerges of a massacre of Polish officers & soldiers by Russia

April 1943Recognition of the Union of Polish PatriotsWladyslaw Sikorski

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Stalin uses the Katyn massacre to sever relations with the Polish Government. Stalin recognizes the "Union of Polish Patriots", the core of a Soviet puppet regime

July

4 July 1943Death of Wladyslaw SikorskiWladyslaw Sikorski

Gibraltar · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Dies in a plane crash at Gibraltar

13 July 1943Prime Minister of PolandStanislaw Mikolajczyk

Government / Government of Poland

Appointed Prime Minister of Poland, in exile

Other Events

1943Commander in ChiefTadeusz Bor Komorowski

Warfare / Military

Appointed Commander in Chief, Home Army

1943Commander in ChiefTadeusz Bor Komorowski

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed Commander in Chief, Home Army

1943Death of Wladyslaw SikorskiWladyslaw Sikorski

Gibraltar · Government / Government of Poland

Death of Wladyslaw Sikorski, killed in an aircrash

1943Polish WorkersWladyslaw Gomulka

Politics / Polish Workers Party

Helps establish the Polish Workers Party

1943Secretary General of Polish Workers PartyWladyslaw Gomulka

Government / Government of Poland

Appointed Secretary General of the Polish Workers Party

Names involved

Stanislaw MikolajczykTadeusz Bor KomorowskiWladyslaw GomulkaWladyslaw Sikorski

Places involved

GibraltarKatyn

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.